Poison-distributer.



P. & H. E. BRANDT.

POISON DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYza, 1908.

Patented Sept. '7, 1909.

PETTEB. BRANDT AND HENRY E. BRANDT, 0F CHISAGO CITY, MINNESOTA; SAID HENRY E. BRANDT ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 HERBERT D. HUDSON A MILES S. THURBER, BOTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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roIsoN-DIsTRIBUTEa:

To all lwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETTER BRANDT and HENRY E. BRANDT, citizens of the United States, residing at Chisago City, in the county of Chisago and State of Minnesota, have invented certain. new and useful llmprovements in Poison-Distributers;'and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to poison distributers, and has for its object to improve the same in the several particulars hereinafter noted.

The invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and deiined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings; Figure 1 is a view partly in sideelevation and partly in vertical section showing the improved poison `.distributen Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section,'taken on the line m2 x2 of Fig. 1, some parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section, taken lon the line Q23 w3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4i is a transverse vertical section, taken on the line x4 x4 of Fig. 1, some parts being broken away and some parts being removed. Fig. 5 is a section, taken on the line m5 m5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view corresponding in the line of its section -to Fig. 5 but showing the controlling valve locked in its closed position, and some parts being broken away; and Fig. 7 is a detail view in side elevation showing thel controlling valve removed from working position and with some parts broken away.

The numeral 1 indicates a tank for containin-g'the poisonous liquid which is to be sprayed upon plants for `thepurpose of destroying noxious insects. This tank, which is preferably cylindrical and is horizontally disposed, is provided in one head with a filling neck 2 that is normally closed by a threaded plug 3 having an air vent 4. To the top of the tank l a cylinder which constitutes a pump extension-5 is rigidly con! nected by .brackets 6 and this at one end is connected to the top of said tank by a short tube 7 A guard plate or deiiector 8 is se- Specification of Letters Patent. Patguitd Seept. 7, 1909 Application filed July 23, 1908. Serial No.

cured within the tank justf below the .lower end of the tube 7, to prevent` the poisonous liquid in the said tank from being splashed into the said tube. y

The pump cylinder proper 9, at its delivery end, is telesooped into the rear end of the cylindrical extension 5 and is preferably soldered thereto. At its inserted end, the said cylinder 9 is provided with a transverse wall 10 andwith a check valve 11 of the apper type, which valve will openK up to permit air to be forced from thecylinder 9 into the cylindrical extension 5 through a passage in said wall 10, but will check a reverse or backward How.

Working in the pump cylinder 9 is a piston head 12, the stem 13 of which extends out-- ward through a plug 14 in the outer end ND ON E-FOURTH TO of said cylinder and is provided with a hand piece 15. The pump piston head 12 has a central passage 12a and -it carries a check valve 16 of the dapper type which opens Vup to permit air to flow through said piston in a direction from the receiving vend of the cylinder toward the check valve 11 and cy-i `rangedto work. When this valve 19 is' forced downward, its lower end will engage a seat 20 in the tube 18 and thereby close the latter. The extreme lower end of the tube 18 terminates close to the bottom of the tank and a short distance from its. eXtreme upper end it'is provided with a small air port 21 and with a diametrically opposite discharge port 22. rIhe air port 21 is connected by a short pipe or tube 23 to the front end of the cylindrical extension 5.

At its upper end, the controlling valve 19 is provided with a stem 24 that works upward through a cap'nut 25 on the upper end of the tube 18, and provided at its extreme upper end with a finger piece shown as in the form of a knurled head 26. A.

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j .ber 29. The controlhng valve with longitudinally coiled spring 27 which surrounds the stemA 24and is compressed between the cap nut v25 and head 26 tends to hold the valve 19 in its uppermost position. At its intermediate portion, the valve 19 is provided with a small diametrical port. 28'which,'in the uppermost position of said valve, registers with the air port 21 and alines with the discharge At the front face of the valve 19, or adjacent to the discharge port 22, the valve port 28 is dished or cut out to form an approximately semi-spherical mixing cham- 19 is formed extended diametrically iquid delivery channels 30,.the up- 31 of which open tangenchamber or recess 29 opposite er extremities tially into the mixin of the said valve.

tremity 33 of which extends oblique y part way, to-wit, about 90 degrees, around said valve 19. A cam pin 34, which is applied to and projects inward from the upper portion of' he tube 18, works in therooves 32-33. The groove 32 coperates wit said pin 34 to properly aline the ports 28 and 29 withKthe ports 21 and 22, respectively, when the valve '19 is in its u' ermost position, asbest shown in Fig. 5. en the said valve is pressed downward againstthe tension of the spring 27 and is slightly rotated, the pin 34 enters the oblique upper extremity 3 3 of the groove 32 and there y forces the lower endl of said 'valve 18 tightly against the valve seat 20, and,

furthermore, loc s the said valve 18 in its closed position, in which the air supply port 21 wil be closed.

The cylindrical extension 5 affords a convenient hand piece, vby means of which the device may be supported, or, if desired, said device may be supported by taking -directly hold of the pump cylinder 9. Under the action ofythe pump, when the port'21 is closed,l all the-air will be pumped into the tank 1, but when the said port 21 is open,

air will be supplied directly from the pump to the said port and any surplus supply of air will be delivered into the tank, and the air s tored in the tank will-afford a. supply of air to the cylindrical extension 5 when the pump is not 1n action or while the pistonof the pumpis making its return stroke, so.

that a steady discharge of air will be afforded. In a sense, the so-c'alled cylindrical extensin 5 acts as an auxiliary reservoir. The pressure of air in the tank 1 causes the poisonous liquid'to iow upward through the pipe or tube 18 Awhen the controlling valve 19 is in -its uppermost position, and this liquid will be caused to flow upward thro h the grooves or channels 30731 and into t e chamber 29 of the said 1 valve 19. The liquid will thus be `deliveredtangentially in to the chamber 29 and a whirling motion will be s et up in said chamber which nef the grooves 30. .basan upward extension 32, the upper exposition, of course,

thoroughly commingles ythe liquid with Ythe air which is forced outward through the ports 21, 28 and 22 and axially through the l said chamber 29. In this way, the liquid is thoroughly sprayed and is delivered with considerable force through) the discharge port 22.

The entire device capable of being-*easily carried in one hand and operated `loy the other hand, and the spray discharged from desired.

When the tank 1 is to be filled with poisonous liquid, it is set on its Jfront end and the plug 3 is removed, but when it is desired simply to discharge the air from the tank, it is only necessary to slightly unscrew the plug 3 so that air may be discharged through thev port 4 of said plug.

The entire device is `of simple construction and of small cost; and furthermore, in practice, it has been found highly efficient for the purposes had in view.

1. In a liquid spraying device, the combination with a tank and an air pump connected thereto, ofa liquid discharge tube extending from said tank, and terminating in a tubular valvecasing, an air supply pipe leading from said pump and opening laterally into said tubular valve casing, said valve casing4 having a lateral discharge port,

a plunger valve working in said tubular valve casing and having 'a diametrical port terminatingfin a mixing chamber and also having liquid supply channels that open tangentially into said mixing chamber, sage through said tubular valve casing adapted tobe' closedbf said valve, whenthe- 105 latter is moved vinto one extremeposition, substantially as described. g,

2. The combination with a tank, of an air the cylinder of whichl is rigidly connected and is in communication with said tank, a liquiddelivery tube extending upward from the lower portion of said tank and terminating in a valvecasing having diametrica-lly alined air inlet and discharge` ports, which air inlet port is lin communication with said-v` pump cylinder, of a spring pressedplunger valve working in said valve casing; and providedwith a dlametrical ort `the port 22 may be easily directed lwhere terminating in a mixing chamber, w ich diametrical port and mixing' 'chamber are adapted to connect said inlet and discharge ports when said valve is raised, the. said valve having a liquid delivery channel that opens tangentially intosaid mixing chamber, and the said valve further having a longitudinal groove with a laterally extended lock extension, and a lock pin projecting inward fromJ said valve casing and coperating with the longitudinal portion of said groove to aline the diametrical valve, port with' said air inlet passage andcoperating with the laterally extended lock extensionof said groove to hold the lower end of said valve engaged with the lower extremity of said valve casing, and a projecting stem on said valve by means of which said valve may be moved endwise and oscillated.

3. In a liquid spraying device, the combination with a tank and a pump, the cylinder of which is connected to said tank, of a liquid delivery pipe extending upward from the lower portion of said tank and a valve casing having an air inlet port at one side and a discharge port at its other side, which air inlet port is in communication with the cylinder of said pump, a valve working :in 15 said lcasing and having a diametrical port, terminating in a mixing chamber, and the said valve further having a liquid delivery channel that opens tangentially into said mixing chamber, substantially as described. 20

In testimony whereof we aHix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

PETTER BRANDT. HENRY E. BRANDT. 

